seconds, ago lawyers for the former president took the next step in the effort to force an independent review of materials taken from his florida mansion. they are court. filing, which we just got our hands on a second ago, caps a day of reaction to a justice department filing. and the picture, this one in attachment f, it shows highly classified documents that the fbi says it s found despite written assurance two months prior according to doj. that none remain there. cnn s learned that trump attorney and former ankara christina bob, was one of the people giving that assurance, signing a letter saying. so the doj filing goes on to say the documents were quote, likely concealed and removed from a storage room at mar-a-lago as part of an effort to quote, obstruct, unquote the fbi investigation. it says that some recovered items were so highly classified that even some fbi counter intelligence personnel and others needed additional security clearances to review them. so, that s
People injured in that attack are minor injuries including headaches and ringing in the ears. Investigators say they began receiving calls at 7 20 new york time about a blast at a Port Authority walkway near 42nd street and eighth avenue. That is about one block from times square. For Port Authority officers arrived after the explosion and arrested akayed ullah. Police are releasing the only details on the only suspect. Investigators say hes an immigrant from bangladesh was lived in the u. S. For seven years. Our affiliate in new york says he made comments in support of isis as he was being transported to the hospital. Investigators say he does not appear to have any direct munication with isis. There describing the device is a pipe bomb they say was strapped to his body with velcro and zip ties. We are getting witness statements were describing the moment following that explosion. Suddenly, i see a group of people, like 60 people running like mad. Women fell and no one stopped to help
As commissioner masterson mentioned, the panel we have here is called election efficiency and integrity, improving the Voter Experience but most of this panel i think will be focussed on data and the importance of data and how we use it in the Elections Community. We have a great panel here for you. You have biographies in front of you. My staff has provided some abbreviated biographies which ill read and then well start hearing from the panel. Ive asked each of them to speak for about five minutes or so from their perspective on this panel and then i have some questions for them. And then we will go to questions from you. So before i get started, i want to thank you all for being here. Really excited to kick off the 2018 elections. Its hard to believe its already 2018. Were kicking off the elections but officials have already started working on this. The day after their last election. So i know those of you who are Election Officials, this is not a kick off for you. As others have sai
In modern history is the assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division, to now be head of the Leadership Conference on civil and human rights, she has always been guided by her sense of justice and she always leads with her heart and her values. Shes one of my closest and dearest friends. Shes also someone i look up to and consider a hero. Im so very, very proud of her and i love for her to join me on the stage right now. Thank you. [applause] hi. Good morning, everyone. A very warm welcome from my dear friend, nick. I am so glad to see everyone here today. I know the panelists are joining us on the stage right now. I just wanted to open up with a couple of framing remarks about the incredibly extraordinary time that we are in and i dont mean that in a great way. This is i think its so important that all of you are gathered here this morning. This is an extraordinary time in our country and its a time when baseline norms are being turned on their head and when were reminded,
As part of the conference in washington is about 90 minutes. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] 90 minutes. Lets get ready for this next panel which i am excited about. First, i want to introduce our next speaker. My good friend. Almostknown bonita for 20 years now. For every step of her career, fighting at the wrongful defense fund, fighting in texas, fighting for immigrant rights, andng mass incarceration running the most active and effective Civil Rights Division in modern history is the assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division, to now be head of the Leadership Conference on civil and human rights, she has always been guided by her sense of justice and she always leads with her heart and her values. Shes one of my closest and dearest friends. Shes also someone i look up to and consider a hero. Im so very, very proud of her and i love for her to join me on the stage right now. Thank you. [applause] hi. Good morning, everyone. A very warm welcome